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New Cash For Clunkers Bill Makes Used Cars Eligible
Congress has been hard at work trying to sort out the details of a Cash for Clunkers type vehicle incentive program for months. The basic concept is this: you take your old, gas thirsty car or truck and turn it in at a dealership for a $4,500 voucher toward a new used car or truck of your choice – so long as that car or truck gets 30 mpg or better. Until now, most of the legislation making its way through the legislative branch has only had the vouchers applying toward the purchase of a new vehicle. That is until … Read more
May 10, 2009 by Maurina | No Comments
Welcome to the UsedCars.com Blog!
Thanks for stopping by! If you’re looking for a great spot to learn all there is to know about used cars, you’ve come to the right place. From now on, our experts will tackle a wide variety of issues every month related to finding, buying and owning used vehicles. You never know what you’ll find, so be sure to check in regularly to see what other readers have to say about our insights on the used car world. Whether you’re a new-comer to buying used or know all there is about picking up a vehicle with a few extra … Read more
April 29, 2009 by Maurina | 1 Comment
We’re Keeping Our Cars Longer
A slew of recent studies have all come up with the same conclusion: Americans are holding onto their cars longer than they ever have before. A report by automotive industry analysts R.L. Polk & Company says the average age of vehicles on our roads is a year older now than it was a decade ago. So how old is that? The study says the average age of all the cars and trucks registered at the end of 2008 was 9.4 years old. To top it off, the good people at R.L. Polk also looked at vehicle scrap rates, which have … Read more
April 29, 2009 by Maurina | No Comments
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